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destruction
noun as in demolition, devastation
Strongest matches
annihilation, carnage, elimination, eradication, extermination, extinction, loss, massacre, murder, ruin, slaughter
Strong matches
abolition, bane, crushing, dissolving, downfall, end, extinguishing, extirpation, havoc, invalidation, liquidation, overthrow, ravaging, ruination, sacking, shattering, slaying, subjugation, subversion, undoing, wreckage, wrecking
Weak matches
abolishing, assassinating, crashing, disintegrating, disrupting, invalidating, subverting
Example Sentences
He is currently accused only of destruction of property by means of fire.
The destruction came less than two weeks after a 6.9-magnitude quake struck the central Philippine island of Cebu, killing 75 people and wrecking about 72,000 houses.
Unfortunately, the giant garter snake is becoming a casualty of California’s brutal cycle of droughts and habitat destruction — as much of the Central Valley converts to agriculture or infrastructure development, according to the U.S.
In the new lawsuit, the federal government is seeking to recover costs for the damage the 2019 fire caused to 800 acres of national forest, including for the destruction of wildlife and habitats.
Videos circulating online show vast swathes of destruction in the city's main neighbourhoods, including Sheikh Radwan in the north, and Sabra and Zeitoun to the south and east, where entire apartment blocks have been levelled.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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